Hat, coat, and umbrella rack.



' PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908.

J. JIMoNEARNBY. HAT, COAT, AND UMBRELLA RACK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, 1907.

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JAMES J. MCNEARNEY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAT, COAT, AND UMBRELLA RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 11, 1907. Serial No. 378.458.

Patented Feb. 25, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, James J. MONEARNEY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat, Coat, and Umbrella Racks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in hat, coat and umbrella racks, and the invention has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive rack wherein novel means is employed for holding a hat, coat and umbrella, whereby said articles cannot be surreptitiously removed.

My rack is particularly designed for hotels, theaters and cafs, and such places where wearing apparel is deposited or checked.

The rack is constructed in such manner that it can be easily and quickly manipulated to support a hat, coat and umbrella, or either article independent of the others.

In connection with the rack, I use a con ventional form of lock for holding the ele ments of the rack in a closed position, the key of said lock being identified with the rack.

The detailed construction entering into my invention will be presently and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a plan of the rack. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same partly in section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the umbrella holder, and Fig. 4 is an elevation of a portion of the rack.

To put my invention into practice, I construct the rack with a base plate 1 adapted to be secured to a suitable support by screws (not shown) or similar fastening means. The plate 1 is provided with two outwardly extending arms 2 having converging ends 3 connected by an enlargement 4, the upper face of which is roughened or corrugated, as at 5. The enlargement 4 is provided with a central recess 6, the object of which will presently appear.

Pivotally mounted between the arms 2 by a pin 7 is a member 8 having an arched end 9 terminating in an enlargement 10 having a roughened or corrugated surface 11 formed complemental to the upper face 5, and adapted to lie flush with said corrugated surface 5 of the enlargement 4, when the member 8 is in its closed position. The enlargement 10 is provided with a central depending pin 12 adapted to enter the recess 6 of the enlargement 4.

The ends 3 of the arms 2 and the arched end 9 of the member 8 are curved in the direction of their length, the curvature of the ends 3 bein opposite to that of the arched end 9, there y forming a space between said parts within which the collar of a garment may be passed and where it will be free from pressure such as will be applied by the closing movement of the member 8.

' The member 8 is recessed, as at 14, from which leads a depending guide-way 15 for a hat locking bar 16 slidably mounted in said guide-way. The outer end of the bar 16 is provided with a cap 17, while the inner edge of said bar is provided with ratchet teeth 18, the object of which will presently appear. The bar 16 is also provided with an out- .wa rdly extending pin 19 having a contracted end 20 which passes through a slot 21 formed in the side of the member 8. The exposed end of the pin 19 is provided with a button 22, whereby the bar 16 can be manually raised The bar 16 is arranged to compensate for changes in the relative positions of the two portions of the hat clamping members, which positions would be changed by reason ofv an excessive thickness of the garment placed between the opposin faces of the stationary and movable mem ers. In other words, if the garment placed upon the hook is especially thick, the space formed between the opposing faces of the hat clamping members would be too great to permit of the hat being clamped in position, unless provision were made to compensate for this difference. Therefore, the bar is moved longitudinally into an accurate clamping relation, where it it held by the engagement of the pawl 28 with the teeth 18.

In the recess 14 of the member 8 I provide a support 23 for a locking bolt 24, said bolt having a beveled end 25 projecting from the rear face of the member 8. The beveled end 25 is adapted to engage a toothed block 26 carried by the plate 1.

Pivotally mounted in the recess 14, as at 27, is a pawl 28 adapted to en age the ratchet teeth 18 of the bar 16 and 100 i said bar in an adjusted position. The upper end of the pawl 28 is normally in engagement with the rear end of the locking bolt 24, being held in this position and with its opposite end in engagement with one of the ratchet teeth 18 by engaging the toothed end 34 of a tumbler 35,'

said tumbler being pivotally mounted, as at 36, in the recess 14, and having abeveled end 37 normally held in engagement with a pin 39, carried by the locking bolt 24, by a spring 38. The member 31 is also provided with a flattened end 40 for engaging a projection 41 carried by one of the arms 2, said members, when in closed position providing a loop or inclosure for the handle of an umbrella.

Beneath the arms'2 I provide the plate 1 with a hat holder 42 covered with felt or simi lar material 43. The hat holder is used in connection with the cap 17 of the bar 16 for holding a hat by its rim, and the cap 17 can be covered with felt 44 similar to the holder 42, whereby a hat will not be injured.

The locking bolt 24 is controlled by a conventional form of look (not show) which is locked and unlocked by a key 45 inserted in a key opening 46 formed in the top of the member 8'.

Assuming that the rack is unlocked and ready to accommodate either a hat, coat or umbrella, or all three of said articles, the arched-shaped end 9 of the member 8 is elevated, this movement being accomplished by releasing the locking bar 24 and then gripping the button 22 to raise the bar 16 and moving the lower end of the member 8 outwardly from the plate 1, it, of course, being understood that the pawl 28 is held out of engagementwith the teeth 18 of the bar 16 by the engagement of the released locking bolt 24 with the upper end of the pawl 28. After a coat has been placed upon the arms 2, the member 8 can assume its normal position, the bar 16 descending by gravity either to engage a hat placed upon the holder 42 or to engage the holder itself.

If an umbrella is to be held, the handle of the umbrella is embraced by the hookshaped member 31, and by pushing inwardly upon said member the teeth 33 ride over the toothed end of the tumbler 35, thereby closing the opening through which the um brella was introduced. When the locking bolt 24 is released by the key 45, it immediately engages the toothed block 26 and holds the member 8 in a locked position. It will then be impossible for the hat, coat or umbrella to be removed, unless a person is equipped with a key for the lock of the rack.

I do not care to' confine myself to the use of the depending pin 12 for'piercing a coat, as

this pinmay be dispensed with. The rack can be constructed of metal, suitably ornamented and finished to present an attractive appearance in a caf or similar place.

What I claim is:

1'. A hat, coat and umbrella rack, comprising a plate, hook-shaped converging arms carried thereby and terminating in an enlargement having a recess formed therein, a recessed member pivotally mounted between said arms and having an arch shaped end for engaging said enlargement, a depending pin carriedby said member and adapted to enter the recess of said enlargement, a bar slidably mounted in said member and having a cap, a spring pressed pawl pivotally mounted in said member for engaging said bar, a locking bolt movably mounted in said member and engaging said pawl, a toothed block carried by said plate and adapted to be engaged by said'bolt, a spring pressed tumbler pivotallymounted in-said memberfor holding said locking bolt'in a fixed position, a

hook-shaped member loosely mounted in said member and ada ted to be engaged by said tumbler, a hat older carried by said plate beneath said arms, and means for raising said bar.

2. A hat, coat and umbrella rack, comprising a plate, converging arms carried thereby, a member pivotally mounted between said arms and having an arch-shaped end for holding a coat upon said arms, abar movably mounted in said member, a hookshaped member loosely mounted in said member, a spring pressed tumbler pivotally mounted in said member for engaging said hook-shaped member, a spring pressed pawl pivotally mounted in said member for engaging said bar, a locking bolt .movably' mounted in said member for'engaging said pawl and provided with means for locking said tumbler, a toothed block carried by said plate with which the locking bolt is adapted to engage, and a hat holder ar. ranged beneath said arms for holding a hat to be engaged by said bar.

3. A hat, coat and umbrella rack, comprising hook-shaped converging arms, a member pivotally mounted between said arms for holding a coat thereon, a hat holder located beneath said member, a bar movably mounted in said member for holding a hat upon said holder, a hook-shaped mem ber loosely mounted in said pivoted member for holding an umbrella in engagement with one of said arms, a locking bolt movably mounted in said member for holding said member in a fixed position, and meansarranged within said member and actuated by said locking bolt for holding said bar and said hook-shaped member in a locked position.

4. A hat, coat and umbrella rack, comprising converging arms, a member pivotally mounted between said arms for holding a coat thereon, a hat holding bar movably mounted in said member, a complemental portion opposing said hat holding member for supporting the hat, an umbrella holding member loosely mounted in said pivoted member, and means arranged in said member for locking said bar, umbrella member and pivoted member in a fixed position.

5.- A hat and coat rack comprising a stationary garment supporting member having a laterally-extending portion, said portion having two spaced arms curved in the direction of their length and located on the same plane, the outer end of said arms being connected together to form a single support, said support having its upper face irregularly shaped and corrugated to form a gripping face, and a pivotally-mounted member hav ing an arm curved in the direction of its length in opposition to the curvature of the arms of the laterally extending portion, and also having a gripping face opposing the gripping face of the stationary member, said gripping faces being complemental to each other.

6. A hat and coat rack comprising a stationary garment supporting member having a laterally-extending portion, said portion having two spaced arms curved in the direction of their length and located in the same plane the outer end of said arms being connected together to form a single support hav ing an upper gripping face, a member pivotally mounted between said arms, said pivotally mounted member having a curved arm ending in a gripping face complemental to the gripping face of the stationary member, said pivoted member also having an adjustable bar, and a hat supporting member located in the path of movement of the bar, 7

said hat supporting member and the bar having complemental gripping faces positioned to provide a clamping action simul taneously with the clamping action of the garment gripping faces.

7. A hat and coat rack comprising a stationary garment supporting member having a laterally extending portion, said portion having two-spaced arms curved in the direction of their length and located on the same plane, the outer end of said arms being connected together to form a single support having an upper recessed gripping face, a member pivotally mounted between said arms, said pivotally-mounted member having a curved arm ending in a gripping face complemental to the gripping face of the stationary member and provided with a depending pin adapted to fit into the recess in said upper gripping face and having an adjustable capped bar, and a stationary hat supporting member located in the path of movement of the capped bar, said hat supporting member and the capped bar having complemental gripping faces positioned'to pro vide a clamping action simultaneously with the clamping action of the garment gripping faces.

8. A hat and coat rack comprising a stationary garment-supporting member, a hat supporting member, and apivotally-mounted member complementally formed to cooperate with said members to simultaneously clamp a garment and a hat when said pivoted member is in a' predetermined position, and means for locking the pivoted member in its predetermined position, said means including a toothed block'carried by the stationary member and a retractable member carried by the pivoted member and adapted to ride over the face of and engage one of the teeth of said block.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES J. MoNEARNEY.

Witnesses:

MAX H. SRoLov1Tz, A. J. TRIGG. 

